Maine
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15.0K15Muhammad Ali in Lewiston: The Legend of the Phantom Punch is Born
Maine was at the center of one of the biggest boxing scandals of all time. In a sport known for its chaos...
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27.4K17The Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut
In 1847, a Maine ship captain invented the donut as we know it today – with a hole. On the day Lewis...
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5.2K6The Sabbathday Lake Shakers Sell to the Poland Springs Hotel
For many years during the 19th century, the simple, self-sufficient Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine, mingled happily with the luxury-loving guests and...
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3.4K2May 9, 1814: Brother Charles the Privateer … Dronded
Charles Ingraham went off to sea as a privateer during the War of 1812 and it almost ruined him. It didn’t kill...
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7.4K6Edna St. Vincent Millay Gives Thanks for a Basket of Flowers, May 4, 1918
Edna St. Vincent Millay was a 22-year-old Vassar student on May 4, 1918 when she wrote a letter thanking her friend Corinne...
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4.4K1Peleg Wadsworth on the Discouragements of Revolutionary War
On April 28, 1780, Gen. Peleg Wadsworth wrote a letter from Falmouth (now Portland), describing the sad state of the conflict in...
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